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Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was recently profiled in theRoot.com. Jackson, a chemical engineer by trade and the first African American to head up the EPA, is quoted in the article as saying, “environmental rights [are] a natural extension of civil rights.”

Jackson is credited with changing the image of the EPA. “We’re here to help,” Jackson told reporters shortly after taking here post. “We have protection in our name. We’re not the Department of Defense, but part of our job is protecting human health.”

Administrator Jackson will discuss the importance of environmentalism and environmental justice; while Justice Johnson will pay tribute to the life and legacy of Alexander Pierre “A.P.” Tureaud, Sr., a legendary New Orleans civil rights attorney and Howard Law graduate. In addition to Justice Johnson’s speech, excerpts from the documentary Journey for Justice: The A.P. Tureaud Story will be shown, along with an unveiling of his portrait.

This special event will promote environmental justice as a prominent civil rights issue in the 21st century and honor a father to the civil rights movement in Louisiana.